Ice-creeper.



PATENTED NDV. 2l, 1905.

P. STAYERT. 1GB GREEPER.-

APPLICATION FILED APRA, 1905.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ICE-CREEPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1905.

Application filed April 4, 1905. Serial No. 253,741.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER STAYERT, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Creepers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in attachments for shoes, and more particularly to an attachment adapted to be applied to the heel of a shoe to be worn when slippery or smooth surfaces are to be Walked upon or when the ground has been frozen and considerable diiiiculty is experienced in walking.

The primary object of the invention is to provide an attachment for shoes that will prevent the wearer of the shoes from slipping upon smooth surfaces.

Another object of this invention is to provide an attachment which will be extremely simple in construction, strong and durable, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and highly efficient for the purposes for which it is used.

In constructing my improved attachment I have embodied certain novel features of construction, which will permit of the attachment being easily and quickly applied to the heel of a shoe, and .this operation, together with the details entering into the construction of my improved attachment, will be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and, referring to the drawings accompanying this application, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the heel of a shoe, illustrating my improved attachment as applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is an underneath perspective view of a heelplate. Fig. ,Lis a perspective view of a springclip used in connection with my improved attachment. Fig. 5 is a front view of my improved attachment, illustrating the same in position upon a heel.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated my improved attachment as applied to the heel of 'a shoe 2, and the attachment consists of a metallic plate 3, the ends of which are bent downwardly, as indicated atl and 5. The edges of the plate gradually taper from the center of the plate to its ends, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1, this construction being employed to insure a perfect and positive bearing for the heel upon the plate 3. The plate is provided with a plurality of projecting prongs or pins 6, all of which are adapted to engage in thefrozen or smooth surface being walked upon. The end 4C of the plate 3 is provided with an inwardly-extending pin or projection 7, adapted to engage in a recess 8, formed Within the rear wall of the heel. The end 5 of the plate 3 is pierced, as indicated at 9, to receive an outwardly-extending lug or pin 10, carried by a spring-clip 11. The spring-clip is angular in form and has its bent end 12 pierced, as indicated at 14, whereby it may be secured to the side 15 of the heel by a screw or the like fastening means 16.

The front of the heel adjacent to the instep of the shoe is provided with a recess 17, adapted to receive the end of the pin or lug 10 when the plate 3 is locked in engagement with the heel of the shoe.

I preferably form my improved attachments of a light metal having sufficient resiliency to permit of the plate 3 being sprung from the bottom of the heel in the manner illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. When the spring-clip 11 has been secured to the side of the heel, the pin or lug 10 is adapted to engage in the aperture 9 of the plate 3, also within the recess 17 of the heel, and firmly retain the plate 3 in engagement with the heel.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, it will be observed that I have described the attachment in an inverted position from which it is used, it being observed that the prongs or pins 6 extend downwardly and engage in the surfaces being walked upon by the wearer 4of shoes equipped with my improved attachment.

The spring-clip 11 permits of the plate 3 being easily and quickly removed when it is not necessary to wear the plate 3, and this is accomplished by moving the spring-clip 11 outwardly to the position illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, at which time the forward end of the plate 3 can be sprung upwardly sufiicient to permit of a rearward movement in order that the pin or projection 7 can be withdrawn from the recess S of the heel.

It will be observed that the attachment comprises few parts that cannot necessarily become disordered or inoperative when properly positioned upon lthe heel of a shoe. The simplicity of the construction permits of the at- IOO IIO

tachment being stamped from sheet metal and bent to conform to the desired shapes ernployed in connection with the attachment.

I do not care to confine myseltl to the specific shape of the plate 3 nor to thc exact location of the spring-clip 11 used in connection with the attachment.

Various other slight changes may be made in the details of construction Without departing from the general spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. An attachment for shoes comprising a heel-plate having upwardly-bent ends, a plurality of depending pins carried by said plate, a pin carried by the one end of said plate and adapted to engage in the heel of a shoe, the other end of said plate having an aperture In testimony whereof I aliX my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

v PETER STAYERT.

Witnesses:

BENJ. A. DUNCAN, OLLIE REGAN. 

